Trickortreat (2013)
“He’s counting on you.”
Katie Fairfax took a deep breath. “Mother, did it ever occur to you to ask? What if I happened to be going away that weekend?”
She pictured her mother’s raised eyebrows. “You’re not, are you, dear?”
Katie sighed. ‘Yes, I am’ entailed lying to her mother, ‘No, of course not’ meant she got stuck cat sitting. What a choice! Pity she couldn’t plead allergies. “Tell Andrew, I’ll keep his cat.”
“I think it will have to be in his house, dear. Moving Elise will upset her, she’s e...xpecting.”
Sheesh, her sister, her cousin, and now the cat. At least Mother hadn’t started on, ‘Isn’t it time you found a nice young man Katie’.
“Okay, Mom. Tell Andrew I’m game. But he darn well owes me!”
“I knew you would dear, now don’t forget Sally and Tim’s shower. You do have a gift don’t you?”
Yet another cousin getting hitched-not that she’d have Sally’s Tim if he came gift-wrapped, “Not yet, Mom, but I will. See you there then.MoreLess
Katie Fairfax took a deep breath. “Mother, did it ever occur to you to ask? What if I happened to be going away that weekend?”
She pictured her mother’s raised eyebrows. “You’re not, are you, dear?”
Katie sighed. ‘Yes, I am’ entailed lying to her mother, ‘No, of course not’ meant she got stuck cat sitting. What a choice! Pity she couldn’t plead allergies. “Tell Andrew, I’ll keep his cat.”
“I think it will have to be in his house, dear. Moving Elise will upset her, she’s e...xpecting.”
Sheesh, her sister, her cousin, and now the cat. At least Mother hadn’t started on, ‘Isn’t it time you found a nice young man Katie’.
“Okay, Mom. Tell Andrew I’m game. But he darn well owes me!”
“I knew you would dear, now don’t forget Sally and Tim’s shower. You do have a gift don’t you?”
Yet another cousin getting hitched-not that she’d have Sally’s Tim if he came gift-wrapped, “Not yet, Mom, but I will. See you there then.MoreLess
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